Both outgoing Dallas ISD trustees' picks for their successors appear to have won their elections Saturday.
Final unofficial results posted just after midnight show Ed Turner with 60.4% of votes in the race for the District 9 seat over Dallas ISD teacher Da’On Boulanger-Chatman, Oralia Alonso and LaKashia Wallace. Current Dallas ISD trustee Justin Henry — also the board president — did not seek a third term.
Turner, a DISD parent, was endorsed by Henry as well as the Dallas Morning News.
At a watch party earlier in the night, Turner told supporters that every decision he makes as trustee "will be in the best interest of kids.
"I am here to serve kids," he said.
Henry told the crowd he has mixed emotions about leaving the board.
"One thing I can feel is hopeful," he said, "because I know who Ed is."
In the District 1 race, unofficial results show attorney Lance Currie with 52.3% of votes over Christopher Roberts and Maureen Mulligan.
Currie and his wife have two children in Dallas ISD schools.
If results hold, he'll succeed veteran board member Edwin Flores, who chose to run instead for the Dallas College board. Unofficial results show Flores trailing incumbent Catalina Garcia in that race with 44% of votes.
In District 3, incumbent trustee Daniel Micciche ran unopposed for a fourth term.
Dallas trustees will pick new officers after incoming board members are sworn in.
Bill Zeeble is KERA’s education reporter. Got a tip? Email Bill at bzeeble@kera.org. You can follow him on X @bzeeble.
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